Sign.



F. F. BARRATT.

SIGN.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 17, 1908.

Patented'Apr. 13, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. April 13, 1909.

Application filed February 17, 1908. Serial No. 416,357.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Farm F. BARRATT, citizen of the United States,residing at Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Sign, of which. thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to movable signs of that character designed to beoperated by wind and the object of the invention is to improve upon theconstruction of devices of this character and to provide novel meanswhereby the wings of the sign can be detachably secured in place.

A further object is to provide a core for the sign which is made up of aplurality of wing spacing devices, said core constituting a holder forbearing devices.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

,Insaid drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the sign a ortion of thewings being broken away. %ig. 2 is a detail view of one of the wings.Fig. 3 is a section on line xr, Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a coresection consisting of an elongated metallic strip having longitudinalflanges 2 along the edges thereof and disposed preferably at an angle ofabout one-hundred-twenty degrees, the in termediate portion of saidstrip being curved to constitute one-third the circumference of acylinder. Three of these sections are utilized and it will be apparenttherefore that when they are assembled as indicated in Fig. 3 they willform a cylindrical core having three pairs of radial flanges. Theflanges of each pair are designed to be secured together by means ofbolts 3 or in any other preferred manner and the ends of the floorsections are preferably permanently connected by means of rings 1 whichare soldered or otherwise secured thereto.

The wings 2 of each pair are preferably spaced apart a sufficientdistance to permit the insertion therebetween of one longitudinal edgeof a Wing 5. One of these wings is provided for each set of flanges 2.Each wing extends the full length of the core and is concavoconvex incross section. Each wing is preferably formed of sheet metal and isprovided at its ends with segmental heads 6 whereby the wing isreinforced transversely and pockets are produced for'the reception ofthe air currents. The longitudinal edge portion of the wing locatedbetween the flanges 2 extends beyond the heads 6 and is provided withinwardly and upwardly extending slots 7 designed to detachably en= gagethe bolts 3. After the wings have been thus placed in engagement withthe bolts they can be clamped between the flanges by tightening saidbolts as is obvious.

Extending into each end of the core 1 is a pintle 8 and one of thesepintles is provided with a head 9 terminating in a point 10 while theother pintle has a head 11 provided with an end socket 12. Both headshave annular flanges 13 designed to bear on the rings 4.

The means employed for supporting the sign in operative positionconsists of two brackets 14 designed to be fastened to a suitablesupporting structure A and one of these brackets has a socketed bearingblock 15 thereon into which the point 10 projects while the otherbracket is provided with a bearing screw 16 pointed so as to projectinto the socket 12. Loclnng nuts are mounted on the screw at oppositesides of the bracket as indicated at 17 so as to prevent the screw fromturning after it has once been properly adjusted.

It is designed to utilize wings with suitable reading matter upon them,the letters or other characters upon the concave faces of the wingsbeing the same while the characters on the convex faces of the wings arealso designed to coincide so that when the sign is rotating thecharacters upon the two faces of the wings will be visible and can beread at the same time. It is also designed to form the two faces of eachwing of different colors so that when the sign is rotating it willattract attention in amore efiicient manner. Should it be desired tochange the wording of the sign the blades can be readily removed simplyby loosening the screws 3 and other blades with different words orcharacters thereon can be substituted therefor.

When the sign'is suspended in the manner described and shown it willobviously be rotated by currents of air directed thereagainst. Ifdesired the sign can be caused to rotate in the opposite direction byutilizing blades having slots 7 positioned opposite to those shown inFig. 2.

It will be seen that a device constructed 1 core, wings radiatingtherefrom, pintles rev- 25 as herein described is light and durable, andby mounting it in the novel manner de-' scribed the same will easilyrotate. This ro-v tation is facilitated by reason of the fact that thetwo pintles are capable of rotation within the core. By disposing thebearing block 15 and the head 11 in the positions shown they can beutilized ascups for holding a suitable lubricant.

What is claimed is:

1. A revoluble sign comprising parallel similar core sections, eachsection having longitudinal flanges at the edges thereof, said flangesradiating therefrom, bearing devices arranged between the ends of thecore sections, means engaging the flanges of said sections for bindingthe sections upon said i bearing devices, and wings insertible betweenthe adjoining flanges of the core sec- 1 tions, each wing having slotsextending into j one edge thereof for the reception of the 5 bindingmeans within the flanges. i

2. A revoluble sign comprising a tubular j oluble within and extendingbeyond the ends of the core, and end bearings for the pintles.

3. A revoluble sign comprising a tubular core, wings radiatingtherefrom, intles revoluble within and extending eyond the ends of thecore, heads upon the outer ends of the pintles, bearing rings upon theends of the core and contacted by the heads, and bearings for the outerends of the heads.

4. In a revoluble sign a wing concavoconvex in cross section and havingsegmental heads at the ends thereof, one edge portion of said winghaving inwardly and upwardly extending fastener receiving slots.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED F. BARRATT.

Witnesses JAs. M. W LKER, W M. J. NEALE.

